England, Half-English is a 2002album by English political singer-songwriterBilly Bragg, and a song from that album. The song is about racism in Britain and the anti-immigration feelings and racist abuse of asylum seekers fueled by the tabloid press, particularly the Daily Mail. The song uses examples such as the lions on the English football team's shirts, Britannia and the English patron saint, St. George (from Lebanon), the hyphen in Anglo-Saxon and the nation's favourite dish (curry) to convey his message that everything about British culture is shaped and influenced by the waves of immigration that have taken place in the past.
